Betty-Jean Hagen
Canadian violinist (1930–2016)
Betty-Jean Hagen (October 17, 1930 – December 29, 2016) was a Canadian-born violinist and musical educator living in the United States.
Early life
Hagen was born in Edmonton and studied violin there with Alexander Nicol. Hagen won awards at the Alberta Music Festival in 1937 and 1938. She studied at the Chicago Conservatory from 1938–39, mainly with Ludwig Becker; she had received a scholarship to study both violin and piano but later decided to focus on violin.
Career
During the early 1940s, Hagen played with the Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra; in 1946, she moved to Calgary, where she played with the Calgary Symphony Orchestra and studied with Clayton Hare. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music from 1949 to 1951 with Géza de Kresz. In 1950, Hagen was one of the four winners of the Naumberg Competition. In 1951, she won the Eaton Graduating Scholarship, going on to study at Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian. She also won the Pathé-Marconi Prize, which allowed her to give recitals in France, Holland, Britain and Switzerland. From 1950 to 1951, she was a member of the Columbia Canadian Trio which toured Ontario, Quebec, and the United States.
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